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1038 Pollokshaws Road, G41 3EB
South Side, Glasgow
Cuisine: Italian
Sorry, Di Maggio's (Shawlands) doesn't currently have online booking on 5pm :(
City Centre, Glasgow
Food: 5
Ambience: 5
Service: 5
Value: 5
Run by the same two families for more than twenty-five years, the Di Maggio's group of Italian American restaurants are old favourites in and around Glasgow. The south side branch at Shawlands' Cross was established in 1985 which makes it one of the oldest of the group.
More than two decades later it continues to serve the community, providing home-cooked food in a family-friendly atmosphere that everyone can enjoy. Rich damask, dark wood and soft lights create a welcoming, laid back ambience, particularly in the evening.
The Shawlands branch, as with all Di Maggio's restaurants, is family-friendly and accommodates young children.
Dining in Di Maggio's is a relaxed affair, although the wide-ranging menu of Italian and American diner classics might occasion some soul-searching among its loyal Glasgow following. Diners may find difficulty in choosing between Cajun chicken pizza and a dish of penne piccante or garlic mushrooms and the Di Maggio's bad ass Louisiana chicken wings.
Factor in the strip loin steaks, burgers, BBQ ribs and a strong selection of seafood dishes and it's understandable that customers make a mental note of the dishes they have yet to try and bear them in mind for their next inevitable visit to the Shawlands branch of Di Maggio's in Glasgow. Vegetarian, nut-free and gluten-free choices are also available as is the children's menu.
Located on Pollokshaws Road, Di Maggio's in Shawlands is conveniently situated for transport links to and from Glasgow city centre, right next to Queens Park.
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At least one British worker was said to have been killed in the early morning assault at the Saharan facility. Several others were taken captive along with dozens of Norwegian, American, Japanese and French workers.
The Islamists claimed to be holding 41 foreigners hostage, with reports suggesting that another 150 Algerian workers had been prevented from leaving the plant, which is about 60 miles from the Libyan border.
The fighters were believed to belong to the Katibah Moulathamine, or the Masked Brigade, run by Mokhtar Belmokthar, a one-eyed Algerian terrorist leader, linked to al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb.
A spokesman for the group warned the hostages would meet a "tragic end" if any attempt was made to free them. One of the captives told a French newspaper by telephone that the terrorists had "mined the base" to deter a rescue mission.
Despite this, the Algerian army had apparently surrounded the complex.
The assault on the In Amenas gas field, the first apparent act of reprisal for France's Mali operation, began at dawn with an attack on a bus carrying shift workers from the production plant to nearby living quarters.
Although the attack was repelled, two guards on the bus, including the British chief of security and an Algerian, were said to have been killed while another six were injured.
The group of up to 60 Islamist fighters then swept into the base itself in a convoy of 20 four-wheel-drive vehicles mounted with machineguns. They targeted the residential camp, where the site's international workers are housed.
Industry sources said the natural gas complex, which is a joint venture of BP, Statoil of Norway and Sonatrach, the Algerian state oil company, had employed private guards backed up by a detachment of Algerian troops.
They were apparently overwhelmed by the Islamists, who seized the foreigners, reportedly including a 36-year-old Irishman, seven Americans and 13 Norwegians. The 150 Algerians were said to have been confined to the base, while the Westerners were captive in the living area.
The Foreign Office said several British citizens were among those caught up in the raid. David Cameron called a meeting of Cobra, the Cabinet Office emergency committee, before speaking to his Algerian counterpart, Abdelmalek Sellal.
Downing Street refused to reveal the conclusions of the Cobra meeting, claiming the situation remained "sensitive", but it is believed Britain is privately urging the Algeria to show caution before launching any intervention.
A No10 source said: "It now seems that a number of hostages have been taken in the terrorist incident in Algeria today and unfortunately some British nationals appear to be amongst them. We are obviously working closely with the Algerian authorities to secure the safe release of the hostages."
François Hollande, the French president, said he was liaising with the Algerian government over the efforts to free the hostages. One of the hostages, speaking to the French newspaper Le Figaro, said the militants had planted explosives around the base to be used if Algerian forces mounted an attack.
The unnamed woman said the Islamists were armed with rocket-propelled grenades, adding: "The terrorists said they have mined the base.
"They are holding about 40 hostages but we are not all in the same place. They asked for water and food for around 60 people and stocked up vehicles belonging to BP."
A spokesman for BP refused to comment on the number of Britons missing or harmed. "Our absolute priority is the safety and security of our staff," he said.
Victoria Nuland, a spokesman for the US State Department, said: "Beyond confirming that there are Americans among the hostages, I will ask you to respect our decision not to get into any further details as we try to secure these people."
Dahou Ould Kablia, Algeria's interior minister, insisted that there would no negotiations with the Islamists. "The authorities will not respond to any of the terrorists' demands," he said.
One of the hostages said the kidnappers were demanding the release of 100 Islamist prisoners in exhange for their freedom.
A spokesman for the Islamists told Mauritanian news agencies that Algeria had "betrayed the blood of its martyrs" and that the attack was "in response to the flagrant interference of Algeria by authorising the use of its airspace by French planes to conduct raids against northern Mali".
Amenas gas facility about 60 miles from the Algerian and Libyan border

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New Hampshire Genealogy
This guide contains a sample of The Newberry's resources on this topic. To locate additional resources, please check our catalog or consult a reference librarian.
Guides and Bibliographies
New Hampshire: a bibliography of its history. Boston, MA: G.K. Hall and Co., 1979. Call # Local History Ref folio Z 1311 .C63 1979 (2nd floor open shelf). Third volume in series Bibliographies of New England history.
Towle, Laird C. New Hampshire genealogical research guide. Bowie, MD: Heritage Books, 1983. Call # Local History Ref F33 .T68 1983 (2nd floor open shelf).
Atlases and Gazetteers
Atlas of historical county boundaries. New Hampshire, Vermont. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1993. Call # Local History Ref. G1201 .F7 A8 1993, N.H. (2nd floor open shelf).
Fogg, Alonzo J. The statistics and gazetteer of New Hampshire. Concord: D.L. Guernsey, 1874. Call # G 842.3. Contains short historical sketches of towns, listings of churches, schools, banks, etc. at time of publication. Subscribers list by location also included.
Source Materials and Local Histories
Copeley, William. Index to genealogies in New Hampshire town histories. Concord, N.H.: New Hampshire Historical Society, 1989. Call # F33 .C67 1989.
Holbrook, Jay M. New Hampshire residents, 1633-1699. Oxford, MA: Holbrook Research Institute, 1979. Call # Local History Ref. F33 .H638 (2nd floor open shelf).
New Hampshire marriage licenses and intentions, 1709-1961. Bowie, MD: Heritage Books, 1991. Call # F33 .O33 1991.
Noyes, Sybil. Genealogical dictionary of Maine and New Hampshire. Portland, ME: Southwestern- Anthoensen Press, 1928-39. Call # Local History Ref. F17 .N68 1928 (2nd floor open shelf).
State papers of New Hampshire. 40 vol. Call # F31 .N42. (2nd floor open shelf). Includes Revolutionary War rolls, town records, probate papers and more.
Towle, Glenn C. New Hampshire genealogical digest. Bowie, MD: Heritage Books, 1986. Call # Local History Ref. F33 .N48 (2nd floor open shelf). vol. 1, 1623-1900.
Historical New Hampshire. New Hampshire Historical Society. Call # F31 .H57. 1944-currently received.
Revised register of the soldiers and sailors of New Hampshire in the war of the rebellion. Concord: I.C. Evans, 1895. Call # E520.3 .N55 1895.


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In our recent report, "Chipping Away at Choice," we examined the ways that conservatives in state legislatures are quietly undermining the right to choose by passing laws meant to shut down abortion providers.
An analysis by Bloomberg BusinessWeek published today finds that that strategy has been enormously effective. In fact, Bloomberg finds, almost one out of every ten abortion clinics in the country has closed since 2011, as conservative lawmakers have passed 200 abortion restrictions – as many as in the previous ten years combined.
At least 58 U.S. abortion clinics — almost 1 in 10 — have shut or stopped providing the procedure since 2011 as access vanishes faster than ever amid a Republican-led push to legislate the industry out of existence.
A wave of regulations that makes it too expensive or logistically impossible for facilities to remain in business drove at least a third of the closings. Demographic changes, declining demand, industry consolidation, doctor retirements and crackdowns on unfit providers were also behind the drop. More clinics in Texas and Ohio are preparing to shut as soon as next month.
Opponents have tried to stop access to abortion through civil disobedience, blockades and legal action. Clinics were bombed and doctors killed. Now, legislatures are proving to be the most effective tool after Republicans made historic gains in the 2010 elections. Their success is creating one of the biggest shifts in reproductive health care since the Supreme Court's Roe v. Wade decision in 1973 legalized abortion in all 50 states.
…The pace began accelerating in 2011. Since then, through Aug. 1 of this year, state lawmakers passed 200 abortion restrictions, according to Guttmacher. That's about the same number that had passed in the prior 10 years combined.
..The reporting by Bloomberg, coupled with data from Guttmacher, which surveys providers every few years, show that clinics have closed at a record pace since 2011. During the past three years, an average of 19 closed each year. That's more than double the rate in the decade ending in 2008.
Interestingly, Bloomberg's data comes from Operation Rescue, a militant anti-choice group that keeps a public database of abortion providers. Operation Rescue, of course, is thrilled by the developments. Spokeswoman Cheryl Sullenger – who served two years in federal prison for a plot to blow up an abortion clinic and has been linked with the man who murdered Kansas abortion provider George Tiller — told Bloomberg that such laws are a doing some of her organization's work for them: "People who don't have power protest on the street. People who have influence work from within to enact change."


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AP) — President Donald Trump stepped up his rhetoric Thursday on cultural issues, aiming to boost enthusiasm among rural Wisconsin voters as he tries to repeat his path to victory four years ago.
Making his fifth visit to the pivotal battleground state this year, Trump views success in the state's less-populated counties as critical to another term. He held a rally Thursday evening in Mosinee, in central Wisconsin, an area of the state that shifted dramatically toward Republicans in 2016, enabling Trump to overcome even greater deficits in urban and suburban parts of the state.
Trump has increasingly used his public appearances to elevate cultural issues important to his generally whiter and older base, as he hinges his campaign on turning out his core supporters rather than focusing on winning over a narrow slice of undecided voters. In Mosinee, he called for a statute to ban burning the American flag in protest — a freedom protected by the Supreme Court — and criticized sports players and leagues for allowing demonstrations against racial inequality.
"We have enough politics, right," he said, joking that sometimes, "I can't watch me." He added of protests in sports, "People don't want to see it and the ratings are down."
Earlier Thursday, in a speech at the National Archives to commemorate Constitution Day, he derided The New York Times' "1619 Project," which aimed to recognize the often overlooked consequences of slavery and the contributions of Black Americans.
"For many years now, the radicals have mistaken Americans' silence for weakness. But they are wrong," Trump said. "There is no more powerful force than a parent's love for their children — and patriotic moms and dads are going to demand that their children are no longer fed hateful lies about this country."
Trump told supporters in Wisconsin: "We're launching a new pro-American lesson plan for students called 1776 Commission. We're going to teach our children the truth about America."
Trump's last visit to Wisconsin came on Sept. 1, when he met with law enforcement and toured damage from protests in Kenosha that turned violent after the police shooting of Jacob Blake, a Black man hit seven times in the back during an attempted arrest. Trump has sought to use the unrest after the August shooting of Blake and the May police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis to tout a "law and order" message and paint an apocalyptic vision of violence if Democrat Joe Biden wins on Nov. 3.
"I saved the suburbs," Trump said Thursday of his call for federal law enforcement and national guard troops to confront protesters. He added that police "did a great job in Kenosha."
Trump also previewed aid to the region's farmers, saying $13 billion would begin flowing "starting next week" to help farmers. He provided no details.
Trump took another victory lap two days after he presided over Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates recognizing Israel in a White House ceremony.
"I got nominated twice for the Nobel Peace Prize. That's a big deal," Trump said, adding, "I should've gotten nominated seven times." His supporters chanted "Nobel Peace Prize" in response.
Trump won Marathon County, which includes Mosinee, by more than 12,000 votes in 2016 — over three times more than the margin by which 2012 GOP nominee Mitt Romney won the area. Trump's team is wagering the 2020 contest on a similar performance in the county and the dozens of others like it across battleground states.
Trump's path to 270 Electoral College votes may well hinge on Wisconsin, and his campaign is investing tens of millions of dollars on advertising and get-out-the-vote efforts in the state.
Trump's event took place largely outside an aircraft hangar at the Mosinee airport, his campaign's preferred format for mass rallies amid the coronavirus, though Trump has been willing to host large events indoors as well, sometimes in violation of state and federal distancing guidelines.
Republican Sen. Ron Johnson of Wisconsin was set to join Trump on Air Force One but ended up under quarantine Thursday after learning he was exposed to someone earlier in the week who subsequently tested positive for the virus. Johnson tested negative on Wednesday night, his office said.


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I'm more of an expert on Burger King than French cuisine, but the culinary concept of an "amuse-bouche" certainly applies to Metal Gear Solid 5: Ground Zeroes. An amuse-bouche is a small sample served, as Wikipedia puts it, "both to prepare the guest for the meal and to offer a glimpse into the chef's approach to the art of cuisine." Ground Zeroes is a similar glimpse of all the impressive ways Metal Gear is growing and evolving, meant to prepare gamers for what's to come. Unfortunately, this delectable morsel isn't cheap, and comes with the painful knowledge that it'll be a long wait before the actual meal arrives. Better ask for more bread.
From the start, Snake plays better than ever in Ground Zeroes, thanks to Konami excising the many gameplay hang-ups he'd cultivated in past titles. The changes are evident with your first steps into a 1975 version of Guantanamo, a military prison full of hostile operatives. From grabbing an enemy from behind a wall to shooting a goon from afar with a tranquilizer dart, movement feels natural. Snake's animations are better than ever, making his actions seem far more realistic than they were in the past. Direct visual cues make it clear when you're in danger of getting caught--no intrusive HUD, lengthy conversations, or vision cones needed.
Adapting to the new style is easy because Ground Zeroes does a great job of incentivizing learning its new systems. For example, you should scan an area with your binoculars to spot exciting combat opportunities, but now the benefits of doing so are easier to see. Scouting enemies from afar gives them an outline in your newly enhanced view (think Batman's Detective Mode or Assassin's Creed's Eagle Vision). This, along with other modern features like auto-lock aiming, bullet time-style slow motion, and regenerating health, succeeds in making it feel as though the franchise is evolving without abandoning Metal Gear's unique charm.
This vision of Snake's future doesn't come cheap. PS4/Xbox One versions will run you $29.99/£29.99 and the same goes for the PS3/360 physical copies, though last-gen digital runs you $19.99/£19.99. That's about half the price of a normal retail release, but Ground Zeroes is only a fraction of the length of your average Metal Gear game.
One thing Metal Gear hasn't left behind is its gift for storytelling, and Ground Zeroes makes impressive improvements in that department too. You're no longer forced to pause the action for lengthy CODEC conversations, while the cinematics' camera has more dynamic movement that's sweetened by clever audio trickery. As for MGS's convoluted history, Ground Zeroes lays the groundwork well in the opening so you don't need to memorize an entire Wikipedia to understand it.
This is all in service of a narrative that doesn't shy away from grisly but necessary scenes important to the plot. It approaches dicey topics like state sanctioned torture, illegal rendition, and other horrors of war that most games won't touch. It's a risky move, the downside being that Ground Zeroes doesn't pull off every aspect with a enough of nuance or subtly.
Snake's newest mission gives players a lot of room to breathe with an open world map that's an inviting playground for him to try out his new skills. Guantanamo is a barren camp, and the contrast between the craggy rocks with the bright searchlights makes it obvious where you need to hide, showing that a sandbox style can enhance the sneaking instead of hurting it. The area feels alive, with jeeps making deliveries around the base and guards participating in brief conversations. Metal Gear's gameplay is all about giving players choice, and the open world leaves you with many more options to complete objectives than you've previously had. It's also worth noting just how good Ground Zeroes' big, open world looks on PS4/Xbox One. The textures of the terrain and clothing are some of the most next-gen I've seen yet on the fledgling consoles.
Ground Zeroes shows incredible promise for the future of Metal Gear--but just as you get pulled in, it just... ends. The first playthrough of Snake's one and only mission takes about two hours, and that includes a couple lengthy cutscenes. It feels like a long-ish prologue or tutorial stage to an amazing game, teasing potential that never pays off thanks to Ground Zeroes' brevity. I can accept a great-but-short game if it's a full experience, but Snake's mission amounts to a demo of the real Metal Gear Solid 5 that's coming months later.
It's a realization made all the more obvious by Ground Zeroes' attempt at recycling its content in fresh ways. One side mission is a daylight search-and-destroy operation, another is an on-rails shooter, and both Sony's and Microsoft's editions come with cute bonus missions that make the unlockables worth searching out. While these extras effectively show how flexible the series' new engine is, they're ultimately more harmful in that they make Guantanamo feel much smaller and boring than it did at the outset.
In another reality, Ground Zeroes is astoundingly good free demo. It expertly showcases Metal Gear's new direction and will hype fans for what's to come, but in the end it's a costly glimpse of the future. MGS diehards that can't bear waiting for the next game will devour this appetizer, but the curious should be prepared for how unfulfilled Ground Zeroes' small portions will leave them.
This game was reviewed on PS4.


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All states base their speed regulations on the Basic Speed Law: "No person shall drive a vehicle at a speed greater than is reasonable or prudent and in no event at a speed which endangers the safety of persons or property" (CVC 22350).
California state law also establishes maximum speed limits. For example the maximum speed on an undivided two-lane roadway is 55 MPH (CVC 22349b). All other speed limits are called prima facie limits, which are considered by law to be safe and prudent under normal conditions. Certain prima facie limits are established by California law and include the 25 MPH speed limit in business and residential districts and the 25 MPH limit in school zones when children are present.
Additional information may be found on the Speed Limit page.
Traffic studies have shown that these signs do not increase driver awareness to the point of reducing vehicle speeds or pedestrian accidents. In fact, placement of the signs may actually increase the potential for accidents by providing a false sense of protection that does not exist and cannot be guaranteed.
Citizens also frequently request SLOW signs or reduced speed limit signs on residential streets. The speed limit on a residential street is 25 miles per hour, whether posted or not. If the City posted such streets at 10 miles per hour, it is likely that the courts would consider the street a speed trap, and in accordance with state law, find any citation issued invalid. SLOW signs are ineffective at reducing speeds because if a driver passes the sign and encounters no reason to slow down (or doesn't know how much to slow down) that driver may become confused and foster disrespect for all signs.
Beyond that, the City of Santa Rosa also keeps track of all reported collisions involving wildlife. If the City notices a collision pattern in a particular area without Deer Crossing signs, we will install them in appropriate locations.
However, we cannot put up Deer Crossing signs at all locations where deer are spotted. Deer are wild animals and the locations and times they may cross streets are completely random. Drivers in the rural areas of Santa Rosa need to be aware that deer may jump onto the roadway from out of sight whether or not there is a sign there.
If you have any questions, requests or suggestions concerning traffic, please call Traffic Engineering at 707-543-3814.
Generally the City does not paint red curb in front of fire hydrants due to the high cost of maintenance. The City has thousands of fire hydrants within the city limits and maintaining 30 feet of red curb in front of all of them would take away time that can be spent on other public facilities maintenance around the City.
If a vehicle is parked too close to a hydrant in a fire emergency, the fire department will use all means necessary to gain access to the hydrant. In non-emergency situations a vehicle parked within 15 feet of a fire hydrant is in violation of CVC22514 and can be cited by a Police Officer or Parking Enforcement Officer.
If there is a vehicle parked in front of a fire hydrant in the downtown area please call Transit and Parking at 707-543-3325. If there is a vehicle parked in front of a fire hydrant in all other parts of the City please call the Police Department at 707-528-5222. If there is a fire emergency, call 911 immediately.
If the sight distance is inadequate and can be improved by trimming vegetation, we will send a letter to the property owner informing them to trim the obstruction. If the sight distance is limited due to parking we will evaluate the length of parking that is needed to be eliminated and either paint red curb or install No Parking signs.
Please direct all concerns regarding sight distance to Traffic Engineering at 707-543-3814.
For more information, visit this page about traffic control devices.
Section 35701 of the California Vehicle Code authorizes cities to pass ordinances prohibiting the use of a street by any commercial vehicle or by any vehicle exceeding a maximum gross weight limit. The ordinance shall not be effective until appropriate signs are erected.
Section 35703 of the California Vehicle Code states that no ordinance adopted pursuant to Section 35701 shall prohibit any commercial vehicles from using a restricted street when necessary, for the purpose of making pickups or deliveries.
Commercial vehicle prohibitions around the City of Santa Rosa are designed to eliminate pass through commercial vehicle traffic. These prohibitions are not meant to prohibit commercial vehicles from making deliveries to private residences or businesses on the streets where the prohibition exists.
There are several exemptions to the commercial vehicle prohibitions, which include:- Emergency vehicles- Vehicles used in transporting passengers such as buses- Vehicles used in conjunction with building construction or delivery- Vehicles used for local pick-up or delivery- Vehicles used by local businesses to gain access to and from the business
Commercial vehicle prohibitions can only be installed after analysis by the Traffic Engineering Division showing a need for the prohibition and approval of an ordinance by City Council. If you have questions, requests, or suggestions regarding commercial vehicle prohibitions, please contact traffic engineering at 707-543-3814.
The City of Santa Rosa Police Department also has a radar feedback trailer which can be moved onto certain streets throughout the City on a rotating basis.
These feedback signs are only a tool and are used best when drivers may not be aware that they are speeding. They are designed to let the drivers know how fast they are going in relation to the posted speed for the road segment they are on.
The speed trailer may not be used on certain road segments. The speed trailer cannot be parked on the sidewalk or in a bike lane. It is also not effective if other vehicles can be parked in front of it, blocking the radar function and the sign visibility for drivers.
If you think that a particular street might be a candidate for a permanent radar feedback sign please call Traffic Engineering at 707-543-3814.
If you would like to recommend a location for the speed trailer please contact Officer Perry Plattus of the Santa Rosa Police Department at 707-543-8341.
If you think there is an abandoned car in your neighborhood please call the Santa Rosa Police Department at 543-3600. Any other questions relating to parking time limits and restrictions can be directed to the Transit and Parking Department at 707-543-3325.
At other intersections, some movements have detectors and other movements do not. At some intersections, where possible, the pedestrian movement is automatically recalled each cycle. At others pedestrians must push a button to bring up the walk signal. The proper operation of signals can be checked remotely by computer or in the field by traffic signal personnel.
Those with specific questions about signal operations should contact the Traffic Engineering Division at 707-543-3814.
The quality of movement through a series of traffic signals depends on the spacing between signals, the speed of traffic, the cycle length, and the amount of traffic. Signals along main arterial streets are generally coordinated with each other during the day, when there are heavy traffic flows. It is often not possible to progress traffic in both directions because of poor spacing between traffic signals. Sometimes it is necessary to choose one direction to progress.
When two-way progression is not possible, the City often uses computerized traffic modeling to find coordinated timing plans that decrease the total delay and stops for all users of the system. Traffic turning onto or off of a side street is generally not progressed, and turning vehicles can usually expect to stop at the next signal.
Specific questions about signal progression should be referred to the Traffic Engineering Division at 707-543-3814.
Cycle lengths range from 60 seconds to 140 seconds in the City, depending on the size of the intersections and the amount of traffic. Cycle lengths must be longer at larger intersections to serve the greater number of separate traffic movements during the timing sequence, to accommodate much longer pedestrian crossing times, and to accommodate higher volumes of traffic.
Requests for timing changes at individual intersections should be referred to the Traffic Department. Information needed for a signal technician to investigate a requested timing change is what day of the week and what time of day a problem occurs. Call the Traffic Engineering Division at 707-543-3814.
Requests for timing changes at individual intersections should be referred to the Traffic Engineering Division. Here too, information needed for a signal technician to investigate a requested change is what day of the week and at what time of day a problem occurs. Call the Traffic Engineering Division at 707-543-3814.
If a signal meets the warrants outlined in the CA-MUTCD, the next challenge is to find a method of funding construction and maintenance of the signal. One way this is done is conditioning new development to install a signal on a street that leads to a major subdivision. A new signal usually costs more than $250,000 to construct, and then additional dollars will be needed for annual maintenance. All intersections that meet signal warrants are put in a database and ranked corresponding to their fulfillment of warrants. Those intersections are signalized as funds become available, at a maximum of one per year. Requests for new traffic signals can be referred to the Traffic Engineering Division at 707-543-3814.
Records of all programming changes and all maintenance responses are maintained at the Traffic Engineering Division. Requests for historical records concerning traffic operations should be referred to the Traffic Engineering Division. Requests must be made in writing on a Request for Documents form. All requests will be answered in 10 days. The Traffic Engineering Division does not interpret any timing sheets. To obtain a Request for Documents form, call the Traffic Engineering Division at 707-543-3814.
Once a pedestrian indication starts, there can be some confusion as to the meaning of the signal indications. The first indication is a white walking person. This symbol means the pedestrian can start walking in the direction of the signal. This is followed by a flashing orange hand symbol. The flashing hand does not mean that the pedestrian should stop crossing the street. When this flashing symbol is shown, any pedestrians who have started to cross the street should continue crossing, but pedestrians that have not yet started to cross should not begin crossing. At certain intersections there is also a countdown timer associated with the flashing hand that lets the pedestrian know how much time is left to continue crossing the street.
The length of the flashing hand indication can be quite long. It is calculated based on the length of the crosswalk and the nationally recognized average walking speed of pedestrians. A flashing hand terminates with a solid orange hand symbol. Pedestrians should not be in the crosswalk when the solid hand symbol is being shown. Questions about pedestrian signals should be referred to the Traffic Engineering Division at 707-543-3814.


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Why Small Businesses Need Mobile-Ready Sites for the Holidays
With increasing numbers of consumers using mobile devices to make their holiday purchases, smartphones and tablet computers may be elbowing aside elves as Santa's helpers this year, experts predict. But small businesses remain woefully unprepared to attract and engage these holiday shoppers, several new studies show. They've yet to climb aboard the mobile bandwagon.
Last year, consumers spent more than $20.7 billion shopping using mobile devices, according to a report from Javelin Strategy & Research. That figure is sure to swell this year, experts said.
But the vast majority of small- and medium-size businesses (SMBs) still do not have mobile-optimized sites to take advantage of this on-the-fly spending spree, a study by SMB DigitalScape shows.
That lack of preparedness can drive customers away. Another study commissioned by Google found that three-quarters of visitors to a mobile-friendly site will return, but 79 percent of people who find a site difficult to use on their mobile devices will give up and look for another site.
"Every industry study we're seeing points to a very robust use of smartphones and tablets for holiday shopping this year," said Ben Seslija, CEO of bMobilized, a New York startup that develops mobile site creation tools. "Most small and medium-sized business owners, especially retailers, are simply unaware that sophisticated turn-key solutions now exist in the marketplace. These new do-it-yourself services eliminate the high cost and technological complexity that have historically prevented SMBs from building mobile sites that look and work great on any device, OS or browser."
Reach BusinessNewsDaily senior writer Ned Smith at firstname.lastname@example.com. Follow him on Twitter @nedbsmith.We're also on Facebook & Google+.


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Sonic Foundry Partners with EDUCAUSE to Webcast Premier Conference for Higher Education IT Professio
Sonic Foundry Partners with EDUCAUSE to Webcast Premier Conference for Higher Education IT Professionals
Mediasite to stream over 50 sessions for live and on-demand viewing for eighth consecutive year.
DENVER, Colo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Sonic Foundry, Inc. (NAS: SOFO) , the trusted market leader for video management and academic, enterprise and event webcasting, today announced the company's Mediasite platform will be used to webcast the EDUCAUSE 2012 Annual Conference this week at the Colorado Convention Center in Denver, Colo.
EDUCAUSE has streamed sessions on-demand via Mediasite since 2005 and this is the fourth consecutive year conference organizers have engaged audiences with a hybrid event, delivering both online and face-to-face experiences. From their desktops or mobile devices, about 400 distributed attendees from 217 campuses and 14 countries will join in-person participants in Denver to engage in common conference sessions. The EDUCAUSE Annual Conference, which takes place Nov. 6 to 9, is the premier gathering for higher education IT professionals providing content that explores today's toughest technology issues facing higher education-nationally and internationally.
Distributed attendees will have access to webcasts from the face-to-face meeting including more than 50 general, featured and themed concurrent sessions streamed via Mediasite. They will also participate in exclusive interactive discussions with experts on current topics, access a virtual convention center offering active networking features, and guide their virtual experience with an Event Planning Kit designed to facilitate on-site discussion amongst groups of colleagues participating from one remote location.
"Streaming live and on-demand sessions is a great resource for members unable to attend the on-site event, or who prefer to create an interactive on-campus event. They can participate from anywhere - office, home, or any location with a mobile device - which allows more people to access the content and connect with colleagues. We are pleased to continue our eight-year partnership with Sonic Foundry for our hybrid events," said Julie Little, Vice President, EDUCAUSE.
The online conference is available on the EDUCAUSE conference website at http://www.educause.edu/annual-conference/online-conference. EDUCAUSE is offering public access to select keynote and all featured session streams. Plus, on-site attendees will be able to view live HD streams of conference sessions on iPads and other mobile devices at Sonic Foundry booth #1433.
Sean Brown, vice president of education at Sonic Foundry will present "Sonic Foundry's Roadmap for 2013 and Beyond" at 9:10 a.m. MT Nov. 8 in meeting room 301/302, Colorado Convention Center.
An EDUCAUSE webcasting partner since 2005, Mediasite is trusted by 1,100 colleges and universities. The patented Mediasite webcasting and video content management system quickly and cost-effectively automates the capture, management, delivery and search of live and on-demand streaming videos and rich media.
About Sonic Foundry®, Inc.
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I'm working with the function $F(x)=e^{-k(x+1)}\int_1^x\frac{N^2}{t(N-t)}e^{kt}dt$.
Breaking it down into into single fractions helps a little, yielding: $F(x)=Ne^{-k(x+1)} \int_1^x [\frac{1}{t} + \frac{1}{N-t}]e^{kt}dt$.
If you toss that into Wolfram Alpha (without the limits), you'll get the antiderivative as $Ne^{-k(x+1)}[Ei(kt)-e^{-kN}Ei(k(t-N))]_{1}^x$. I'd like to approximate this value, or at least bound its value.
So far, I have that $x^{-1+\epsilon}e^x>Ei(x) > x^{-1}e^x$, where the first inequality holds for all $x>k$, and the second holds when $x>1$ or so.
I'm not sure where to go from here. Any help?


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A chiasm (also called a chiasmus) is a literary device in which a sequence of ideas is presented and then repeated in reverse order. The result is a "mirror" effect as the ideas are "reflected" back in a passage. Each idea is connected to its "reflection" by a repeated word, often in a related form. The term chiasm comes from the Greek letter chi, which looks like our letter X. Chiastic pattern is also called "ring structure."
The structure of a chiasm is usually expressed through a series of letters, each letter representing a new idea. For example, the structure ABBA refers to two ideas (A and B) repeated in reverse order (B and A). Often, a chiasm includes another idea in the middle of the repetition: ABXBA. In this structure, the two ideas (A and B) are repeated in reverse order, but a third idea is inserted before the repetition (X). By virtue of its position, the insertion is emphasized.
Some chiasms are quite simple. The common saying "When the going gets tough, the tough get going" is chiastic. The words going and tough are repeated, in reverse order, in the second half of the sentence. The structure is ABBA. Another example of a chiasm, also with the ABBA structure, is Benjamin Franklin's axiom "By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail." Other chiasms are more complex, even spanning entire poems.
Many passages in the Bible exhibit chiastic structure. For example, Jesus' words in Mark 2:27 are in the form of a chiasm: "The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath." Using the ABBA form, the words Sabbath and man are repeated in reverse order. Matthew 23:12 is another example.
A longer chiasm is found in Joel 3:17–21. This one has seven parts, diagrammed this way: ABCXCBA. Here is the passage:
"'Then you will know that I, the Lord your God,
dwell in Zion, my holy hill.
Jerusalem will be holy;
never again will foreigners invade her.
In that day the mountains will drip new wine,
and the hills will flow with milk;
all the ravines of Judah will run with water.
A fountain will flow out of the Lord's house
and will water the valley of acacias.
But Egypt will be desolate,
Edom a desert waste,
because of violence done to the people of Judah,
in whose land they shed innocent blood.
Judah will be inhabited forever
and Jerusalem through all generations.
Shall I leave their innocent blood unavenged?
No, I will not.'
The Lord dwells in Zion!"
The ideas presented in this prophecy follow this arrangement:
A - God dwells in Zion (verse 17a)
B - Jerusalem is holy (verse 17b)
C - Foreign invaders are banished (verse 17c)
X - The blessings of the Kingdom (verse 18)
C - Foreign enemies are destroyed (verse 19)
B - Jerusalem and Judah are preserved (verses 20–21a)
A - God dwells in Zion (verse 21b)
Other passages that provide examples of chiasms include Ecclesiastes 11:3—12:2; Genesis 6—9; Amos 5:4–6a; Isaiah 1:21–26; and Joshua 1:5–9. Chiastic patterns in the Bible are just one more example of the richness and complexity of God's inspired Word.


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This section contains a few more miscellaneous commands and options.
There are times when you need to edit a message. For example, you may
need to fix a broken Content-Type header field. You can do this with
the command M (mh-modify
). It displays the raw message in
an editable buffer. When you are done editing, save and kill the
buffer as you would any other.
Commands such as mh-pack-folder
prompt to confirm whether to
process outstanding moves and deletes or not before continuing.
Turning on the option mh-do-not-confirm-flag
means that these
actions will be performed—which is usually desired but cannot be
retracted—without question24.
The option mh-summary-height
controls the number of scan lines
displayed in the MH-Folder window, including the mode line. The
default value of this option is 'Automatic' which means that the
MH-Folder buffer will maintain the same proportional size if the frame
is resized. If you'd prefer a fixed height, then choose the
'Fixed Size' option and enter the number of lines you'd like to
Normally the buffer for displaying messages is buried at the bottom at
the buffer stack. You may wish to disable this feature by turning off
the option mh-bury-show-buffer-flag
. One advantage of not
burying the show buffer is that one can delete the show buffer more
easily in an electric buffer list because of its proximity to its
associated MH-Folder buffer. Try running M-x
electric-buffer-list to see what I mean.
Before we leave this section, I'll include a function that I use as a front end to MH-E25. It toggles between your working window configuration, which may be quite involved—windows filled with source, compilation output, man pages, and other documentation—and your MH-E window configuration. Like the rest of the customization described in this section, simply add the following code to ~/.emacs.
(defvar my-mh-screen-saved nil
"Set to non-nil when MH-E window configuration shown.")
(defvar my-normal-screen nil "Normal window configuration.")
(defvar my-mh-screen nil "MH-E window configuration.")
(defun my-mh-rmail (&optional arg)
"Toggle between MH-E and normal screen configurations.
With non-nil or prefix argument, include mailbox as well
when going into mail."
(interactive "P") ; user callable function, P=prefix arg
(setq my-mh-screen-saved ; save state
;; Bring up MH-E screen if arg or normal window configuration.
;; If arg or +inbox buffer doesn't exist, run mh-rmail.
((or arg (null my-mh-screen-saved))
(setq my-normal-screen (current-window-configuration))
(if (or arg (null (get-buffer "+inbox")))
(set-window-configuration my-mh-screen))
t) ; set my-mh-screen-saved to t
;; Otherwise, save MH-E screen and restore normal screen.
(setq my-mh-screen (current-window-configuration))
(set-window-configuration my-normal-screen)
nil)))) ; set my-mh-screen-saved to nil
(global-set-key "\C-x\r" 'my-mh-rmail) ; call with C-x RET
Starting MH-E
If you type an argument (C-u) or if my-mh-screen-saved
(meaning a non-MH-E window configuration), the current
window configuration is saved, either the '+inbox' buffer is
displayed or mh-rmail
is run, and the MH-E window configuration
is shown. Otherwise, the MH-E window configuration is saved and the
original configuration is displayed.
In previous versions of MH-E,
this option suppressed the confirmation in mh-kill-folder
Since this kept most users from setting this option,
was modified in version 6.0 to always ask for
confirmation subject to mh-kill-folder-suppress-prompt-functions
See Organizing Your Mail with Folders.
Stephen Gildea's favorite binding is (global-set-key "\C-cr" 'mh-rmail).


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For Marcel Proust, fond memories were famously triggered by a madeleine soaked in tea. For Marika Kuzma, owner of Portland's Aurora Provisions, making her late mother's stuffing takes her back to childhood Thanksgivings in Philadelphia, where the feast was influenced by flavors from her parents' native Ukraine.
She and Aurora chef Leslie Oster call it "sentimental eating" – the taste, smell and even sound of food can impart what Proust described as the "all powerful joy" of a moment from the past.
Holiday foods are especially memory-bound, whether it's the green bean casserole with crunchy fried onions expected at Thanksgiving or latkes just the way your mother made them for Hanukkah.
This year, both could be on the same table.
Hanukkah, the Jewish festival of lights, begins early this year, at sundown on Nov. 27. So, on Nov. 28, the new world and very old world collide for a once-in-a-lifetime holiday some are calling Thanksgivukkah.
It's not the first time (previous shared holidays occurred in 1888 and 1899). But experts have calculated that the next occurrence will be 79,043 years from now.
Knowing that, the name for the holiday mash-up was trademarked in 2012 by Dedham, Mass., resident Dana Gitell, who with her sister-in-law, Deborah Gitell (a Massachusetts native now living in Los Angeles), developed T-shirts and other products with the slogan: "Light, Liberty and Latkes."
In the Jewish faith, Hanukkah is a less-significant holiday than Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur or Passover. It commemorates the victory by a small group of Jews (the Macabees) over a Greek-Syrian army that had taken over Israel and their temple. Upon rededicating the temple, they had only enough oil to keep the lamp lit for one day and night, but miraculously, the oil lasted for eight days and nights.
That miracle is widely celebrated by Jewish families, who light the menorah candles for eight nights, exchange gifts and feast on foods, such as potato latkes, fried in oil.
Food is, naturally, a major component of Thanksgivukkah. Recipes that combine both traditions – sweet potato latkes, challah stuffing – are everywhere on the Web, including the Thanksgivukkah Facebook page, which has more than 11,000 "likes."
At the Thanksgivukkah Festival in Los Angeles, organized by Deborah Gitell, The Kosher Palate food truck will serve latkes with turkey gravy and Bibi's Bakery truck will fry up pumpkin-filled sufganiyot – a Thanksgiving-inspired take on traditional Hanukkah doughnuts.
At Aurora in Portland, Kuzma and Oster are embracing the two-for-one holiday on their take-out menus, offering apple noodle kugel and Mama Kuzma's borscht, as well as the popular stuffing – studded with dried apricots and chestnuts – cider butter and herb-roasted turkey, local maple horseradish Brussels sprouts and cranberry chutney.
While they expect the first night of Hanukkah to be the busiest for traditional foods like brisket and latkes, for the second night, many Jewish customers are mixing items from the Thanksgiving and Hanukkah menus, both of which include the borscht, Faroe Island salmon with blood orange and leeks, and chocolate souffle cake.
"People just started panicking about Hanukkah – the first two nights are the big ones," said Oster. "A regular client just put in her annual Thanksgiving order and because I know she's Jewish, I said, 'You need some latkes.' Nobody wants to cook latkes at home."
Most people don't want anything too different or creative for either holiday, she said.
"They remember the flavors – the kugel tastes like this – if you start putting in candied ginger or something, they don't like it," Oster said.
The same goes for Thanksgiving, although Kuzma's Venetian onions – cippolini with raisins, pine nuts and capers – would make a tasty change from the traditional creamed onions for Jewish families adhering to kosher dietary laws, which prohibit serving dairy dishes with meat.
Not all Jews are thrilled about the concept of Thanksgivukkah.
Joe Appel, communications director for Rosemont Market (who also writes the Press Herald's weekly wine column), celebrates Hanukkah with his wife and two children, ages 12 and 8, lighting a new menorah candle for each of the eight nights.
"The basic summary of all Jewish holidays is: They tried to kill us, they couldn't, let's eat," he said. "For me, Hanukkah falls into the same category as Christmas and Diwali; it's a solstice holiday, bringing light in the midst of darkness. That's different from Thanksgiving, which is a harvest celebration, a recognition of two cultures coming together. Both of these themes are worthy of celebration and to mash them up you lose some of the significance."
Appel says he often feels a little bit of sadness at Thanksgiving, because "it's rare that people give thanks.
"It's already in danger of being a gorge fest. If you say, 'Hey, throw it all into the mix,' you lose any opportunity to pause and in the end, the food is eating you, you're not eating the food."
The big, messy mix is part of what it's all about for Deborah Gitell.
Yet along with the fun stuff – the menurkey (a menorah shaped like a turkey) and crazy food combinations – she maintains that Thanksgivukkah has a deeper message not out of sync with Appel's concerns.
"We all kind of take for granted it's been kind of watered down to this huge dinner where we eat so much and watch football," she said. "With Hanukkah landing on Thanksgiving, it really gives us a little more of a pause to think. A lot of Hanukkah is about being grateful. Being grateful for the oil, being grateful that this small band of fighters could defeat the Syrian Greeks who were trying to destroy the temple … that's my Thanksgivukkah."
Gitell also says the once-in-a-lifetime event offers a chance to enrich the American melting pot, and not just at the table.
"On the Facebook page, people are constantly sharing the content and really enjoying talking about Thanksgivukkah, mostly the food but also a level of the Jewish/American experience and how it translates to all the other people who come to this country, whether it's for religious freedom or cultural expression … with all the problems we have, we are still so fortunate to be living in this country."
A country where food memories are honored and "light, liberty and latkes" can be celebrated in equal measure with turkey and stuffing.
For more on Thanksgivukkah, visit thanksgivukkahboston.com.
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Gaza Strikes Continue as Peace Talk Swirls
Israel bombed dozens more targets in the Gaza Strip on Monday and said that, while it was prepared to step up its offensive by sending in troops, it preferred a diplomatic solution that would end Palestinian rocket fire.
Egypt said a deal for a truce could be close, though by late evening there was no end to six days of heavy missile exchanges as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu discussed his next steps with his inner circle of senior ministers.
U.S. President Barack Obama called Egypt's President Mohamed Mursi, who has been trying to use his influence with Hamas, his fellow Islamists who run Gaza, to broker a halt. Obama "underscored the necessity of Hamas ending rocket fire", the White House said.
The leader of Hamas, speaking in Cairo, said it was up to Israel to end a new conflict that he said it had started. Israel, which assassinated a Hamas military chief on Wednesday, says its air strikes are to halt Palestinian rocket attacks.
To Mursi and in a subsequent call to Netanyahu, Obama said he regretted the deaths of Israeli and Palestinian civilians.
Israeli attacks on the sixth day of fighting raised the number of Palestinian dead to 101, the Hamas-run Health Ministry said, listing 24 children among them. Subsequent deaths raised the toll in Gaza to 106. Hospital officials in the enclave said more than half of those killed were non-combatants. Three Israeli civilians died on Thursday in a rocket strike.
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, touring the region in the hopes of helping to broker a peace deal, arrived in Cairo, where he met Egypt's foreign minister in preparation for talks with Mursi on Tuesday. He also plans to meet Netanyahu in Jerusalem.
With the power balances of the Middle East drastically reshaped by the Arab Spring during a first Obama term that began two days after Israel ended its last major Gaza offensive, the newly re-elected U.S. president faces testing choices to achieve Washington's hopes for peace and stability across the region.
Militants in the Gaza Strip fired 110 rockets at southern Israel on Monday, causing no casualties, police said. Israel said it had conducted 80 air strikes on the enclave. The figures meant a relative easing in ferocity – over 1,000 rockets have been fired in the six days, and 1,350 air strikes carried out.
For the second straight day, Israeli missiles blasted a tower block in the city of Gaza housing international media. Two people were killed there, one of them an Islamic Jihad militant.
Khaled Meshaal, exile leader of Hamas, said a truce was possible but the Islamist group, in charge of the Gaza Strip since 2007, would not accept Israeli demands and wanted Israel to halt its strikes first and lift its blockade of the enclave.
"Whoever started the war must end it," he told a news conference in Cairo, adding that Netanyahu, who faces an election in January, had asked for a truce, an assertion a senior Israeli official described as untrue.
Meshaal said Netanyahu feared the domestic consequences of a "land war" of the kind Israel launched four years ago: "He can do it, but he knows that it will not be a picnic and that it could be his political death and cost him the elections."
For Israel, Vice Prime Minister Moshe Yaalon has said that "if there is quiet in the south and no rockets and missiles are fired at Israel's citizens, nor terrorist attacks engineered from the Gaza Strip, we will not attack".
Yaalon also said Israel wanted an end to guerrilla activity by militants from Gaza in the neighbouring Egyptian Sinai peninsula.
Although 84 percent of Israelis support the current Gaza assault, according to a poll by Israel's Haaretz newspaper, only 30 percent want an invasion.
"Israel is prepared and has taken steps, and is ready for a ground incursion which will deal severely with the Hamas military machine," an official close to Netanyahu told Reuters.
"We would prefer to see a diplomatic solution that would guarantee the peace for Israel's population in the south. If that is possible, then a ground operation would no longer be required. If diplomacy fails, we may well have no alternative but to send in ground forces," he added.
Egypt, where Mursi has his roots in Hamas's spiritual mentors the Muslim Brotherhood, is acting as a mediator in the biggest test yet of Cairo's 1979 peace treaty with Israel since the fall of Hosni Mubarak early last year.
"I think we are close, but the nature of this kind of negotiation, (means) it is very difficult to predict," Egyptian Prime Minister Hisham Kandil, who visited Gaza on Friday in a show of support for its people, said in an interview in Cairo for the Reuters Middle East Investment Summit.
Egypt has been hosting leaders of both Hamas and Islamic Jihad, a smaller armed faction.
Israeli media said a delegation from Israel had also been to Cairo for truce talks. A spokesman for Netanyahu's government declined comment on the matter.
Egypt's foreign minister, who met U.N. chief Ban on Monday, is expected to visit Gaza on Tuesday with a delegation of Arab ministers.
Thousands turned out on Gaza's streets to mourn four children and five women who were among 11 people killed in an Israeli air strike that flattened a three-storey home the previous day.
The bodies were wrapped in Palestinian and Hamas flags. Echoes of explosions mixed with cries of grief and defiant chants of "God is greatest!".
Those deaths drew more international calls for an end to hostilities and could test Western support for an offensive that Israel billed as self-defence after years of cross-border rocket attacks.
Israel said it was investigating the strike that brought the home crashing down on the al-Dalu family, where the dead spanned four generations. Some Israeli newspapers said the house might have been targeted by mistake.
In scenes recalling Israel's 2008-2009 winter invasion of the coastal enclave, tanks, artillery and infantry have massed in field encampments along the sandy, fenced-off border.
Israel has also authorised the call-up of 75,000 military reservists, so far mobilising around half that number.
The Gaza fighting adds to worries of world powers watching an already combustible region, where several Arab autocrats have been toppled in popular revolts in the past two years and a civil war in Syria threatens to spread beyond its borders.
In the absence of any prospect of permanent peace between Israel and Islamist factions such as Hamas, mediated deals for each to hold fire unilaterally have been the only formula for stemming bloodshed in the past.
Hamas and other groups in Gaza are sworn enemies of the Jewish state, which they refuse to recognise and seek to eradicate, claiming all Israeli territory as rightfully theirs.
Hamas won legislative elections in the Palestinian Territories in 2006. A year later, after the collapse of a unity government under President Mahmoud Abbas, it seized Gaza in a brief civil war with Abbas's forces.


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Hackers-for-hire group targeting government assets, report says
Connecting state and local government leaders
Hidden Lynx, a sophisticated group of professional hackers located in China, has carried out high-profile attacks on government, IT contractors and other industries at least since 2009, Symantec says.
An analysis of attacks against high-value targets, including government agencies and contractors, has revealed a large and sophisticated organization of professional hackers for hire, say Symantec researchers.
The Hidden Lynx group, located in China, dates to at least 2009 and has been involved several high-profile campaigns, including Operation Aurora, which compromised a number of high-tech companies and government contractors. Although many of the breaches have been reported, a single professional organization's wide involvement in them had not been documented, said Symantec researcher Liam O Murchu.
"Showing up is one thing; realizing these campaigns all tie to one group is another thing," O Murchu said. "We found them by looking at data over a long period of time."
A recent Symantec white paper describes Hidden Lynx as an organization of between 50 and 100 individuals, divided into two operational teams using different Trojans; one team uses Backdoor.Moudoor, the other Trojan.Naid. The organization is unusual in its level of sophistication and the fact that it has carried out multiple campaigns simultaneously, targeting different types of organizations.
The variety of types of information apparently targeted points toward a specialized organization, the researchers concluded. "It is unlikely that this organization engages in processing or using the stolen information for direct financial gain," the report says. "Their mode of operation would suggest that they may be a private organization of 'hackers for hire,' who are highly skilled, experienced professionals whose services are available for those willing to pay."
Who the customers are and whether the group has any ties to the Chinese government is not addressed in the report. "We don't know that side of it," O Murchu said.
The targets are better known. Hundreds of attacks since November 2011 traced to the group have targeted organizations in the private sector as well as at all levels of government, according to Symantec. Most of the targets, nearly 53 percent, were in the United States, and government entities were targets of about 15 percent of attacks. The financial industry was targeted in about 25 percent of attacks and education in about 17 percent.
Attacks against defense contractors suggest that at least some of the group's customers have been nation states, the report says.
One incident illustrates the group's determination and sophistication. The security company Bit9 in February reported that a third party had gained access to digital code-signing certificates used to protect its customers from malicious applications. The certificates were used to sign a number of Trojans and malicious scripts. Six months later additional certificates were accessed and used to sign 32 malicious files. The signed files later were used to get access to a number of U.S. defense contractors using the Bit9 security platform. The digital signatures eventually were revoked, but the use of exploits against Bit9 to eventually breach the company's customers showed long-term planning.
"That showed a level of determination that would be quite concerning," O Murchu said.
Hidden Lynx also has used watering-hole attacks, compromising select websites to infect targeted visitors to the sites.
The group has been careful not to expose itself, abandoning some exploits when they became known in order to avoid attention, O Murchu said. "They were very aware of what is going on and what might trigger the interest of investigators."
Eventual exposure is inevitable for any organization that remains in operation long enough, he said. "But the better groups are able to prolong how long it will take."
The future of Hidden Lynx now that it has been exposed is uncertain. Some groups disappear after becoming known, and some are able to regroup and make a comeback. "We'll have to wait and see," he said.
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Kingdom of the Two Sicilies
"I have to admit it was a good joke."
"I think I would be able to create three Sicilies or even four."
The start of the tale[edit | edit source]
It was a nice and sunny day in Sicily in the year 1816. Sicily was as usual moored next to Italy but was at this time politically part of the of Kingdom of Naples. It had been a long and typically hot night on the island and slowly some Sicilians who lived on the western coast were stumbled out of their beds to throw open the shutters. Feeling the warmth of the sun on their skin and rubbing their eyes, they looked on in amazement. A brand new island was lying next door and it looked strangely familiar.
The news of this discovery spread across Sicily with the speed of a horse stung by a wasp, being chased by the owner of a pet food factory. Soon the beaches and cliffs of Sicily's west coast were crowded by people trying to get a better look at their new neighbour. Others prayed in church thinking this must be the devil's work but other, braver souls took to ships and sailed closer to investigate.
They were in for a shock. As their boats came closer, they were greeted by a flotilla heading towards them. These strangers were wearing the same clothes as they were and even the people in the ships looked like them too. Then the penny - or lira in this case - dropped. They were not just alike, these people were identical. The Island of Sicily had acquired a twin - and it too was called Sicily. What just was going on?
Those boats that were closest to each other at first stared for awhile not knowing what to do. Then one called Mario Sinatra decided to edge his own little sailing boat to a man who looked exactly like him.
Who are you ?, asked Mario Sinatra.
My name is Mario Sinatra, replied the stranger.
That is uncanny. That is my name as well and I live in Sicily..
The other Mario then replied...
That cannot be. I am from Sicily too - and when I mean Sicily, the island I mean is that one... and he pointed to the island behind him.
No... I am from Sicily, replied Mario. You were not here yesterday.
Neither were you.
The two Marios returned to their friends to relate the conversation they just had. Both flotillas then exchanged letters and returned back to their respective islands of Sicily to ponder on what to do next.
Combustible Bishops[edit | edit source]
One person who was pleased he had 'another Sicily' was King Ferdinand of Naples. His royal title was already 'King of Naples and Sicily' -- so he now claimed to be 'King of Naples and Sicily and Another Sicily' and sent a ship to his new domain to collect back taxes, claim property and traditional exploitation of rights exercised by any of your common or garden-variety despots.
However, when the ship arrived, it was unable to anchor and this same problem kept being repeated. Everytime a ship went there, it couldn't land and when a sailor tried to swim to the new island, he was swallowed up by the sea and disappeared. Letters were exchanged and the new Sicilians apologised but really, they had no idea what was going on.
The next strange development was witnessed a few weeks later. A bishop walking along the sea front at Messina, suddenly burst into flames and ended up as a pile of ash. This phenomena was then seen by others, in their own families or with friends. Suddenly the person they were speaking to would literally go up in a puff of smoke. It seemed to be the work of the devil again and churches were attracting more people trying to find out what was happening.
An Interesting Observation[edit | edit source]
The answer for why it was impossible to visit the Second Sicily and the reason why some islanders were coming to an unexpected fiery end was eventually supplied by Professor Luigi Buffo. He came up with the theory that as the new Sicily was an exact copy of the real one, down to its inhabitants, if someone died on that island, his or her 'clone' would equally ceased to exist. This startling discovery was confirmed when a letter from the other Sicily also talked off its inhabitants suddenly dying without any reason - though in their case, the people would dissolve into wine.
However, new Sicilians were still able to go to the old Sicily and live there, and (what's most interesting) they could kill actual Sicilians without getting the self-ignition. This was revealed in 1833 in the case of Alessandro Pocorelli v. Alessandro Pocorelli, where Pocorelli killed Pocorelli. The sentence was a binding precedent and stated that Pocorelli, by killing himself, actually committed suicide and therefore he cannot be accused of any kind of murder. Pocorelli was found not guilty. Because of that, the decision of the Supreme Court of Kingdom of The Two Sicilies was as follows: Nobody can be sentenced for committing actions on themselves even if it is masochistic because it would be against freedom and the liberal douchbags.
Problems with the name[edit | edit source]
There were significant problems with the name of the new island named Sicily:
- Nobody knew to which Sicily they should go, or send letters to. Actually people and places looked the same, but from the moment of creation of the new Sicily, clones started to live their own independent lives (excluding spontaneous combustion history). The problem was partially solved by a magic border around the new Sicily that did not let anybody to get onto the island... But by partially we mean They were choosing the wrong destination and they were dying at the coasts... But the unit that suffered the most was the Post Office of Kingdom of the Two Sicilies which was getting big loses as many of its deliveries to Sicily was lost without any explanation. With accordance to the Post Office Law of The Kingdom of The Two Sicilies, they had to pay compensation worth three times of the actual value of delivery (which was estimated subjectively by sufferer and Post Office had no way to appeal for his estimation).
- And when we are talking about independent life... Some clones started stealing the lives of the original Sicilians. This includes sleeping with wives of old Sicilians, using their credit cards and taking their jobs. That was actually permitted by the sentence in Pocorelli v. Pocorelli case. And as the police couldn't legally prevent those actions, many villages organised self-defence common movements but they were ineffective because the old Sicilians preferred sneaking into the original Sicilians' houses under cover of night and then do certain things like theft or raping.
- Most maps did not take the new Sicily into account. Therefore all boats and ships that were sailing on the Mediterranean Sea close to the new Sicily (and had no idea about existence of new island) were shipwrecked on its coasts.
- Well, the name Kingdom of Two Sicilies was funny, thus nobody could take country named like that with respect. Actually, everyone laughed when they heard that name. If You don't get it, try to imagine Kingdom of Two Australias, Kingdom of Two Spains, Kingdom of Two Great Britains, Kingdom of Two Croatias, Kingdom of Two Irelands... Oh wait. There are actually two Irelands.
These problems were eventually solved -- within the Kingdom, at least -- by referring to the two islands as Sicily 1 and Sicily A, respectively.
The end of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies[edit | edit source]
Kingdom of Two Sicilies was overthrown in 1860 when Giuseppe Garibaldi took one thousand soldiers and attacked Two Sicilies mercilessly murdering many peasants. Actually there were over ten millions of Double Sicilians but they were too confused about all the mess with stolen cards and ravished wives so they were not in mood for fight. There was so much blood shed that Garibaldi's soldiers decided not to wash their shirts and henceforth, became known as the red T-Shirts. They then tried to march on Rome but the Pope told them to go away until 1870.
A few days later, the other Sicily simply disappeared, vanished into thin air. This was bad luck for anyone visiting the Second Sicily but after a few weeks, everyone seemed to have got over it. Only few wondered what had happened and what it all meant in the great scheme of life... but even they gave up and eventually it was denied that the Second Sicily had ever existed in the first place.
Destiny of Second Sicily[edit | edit source]
But what really happened to Second Sicily (as it was named in 1846)? [1] Well, some say that God was tired with his joke of creating alternative Sicily and just destroyed it with some kind of meteor or something... But atheists say that there is no God and it was Napoleon who really built Second Sicily just to show his power, and copied original Sicilians using his DNA-Copy machine, and he proudly destroyed it after he was bored with this idea and meeting the same people in completely different places.
Actually, this time, Christians are probably right.
The Sinatra Connection[edit | edit source]
One interesting survivor of the Two Sicilies story was Mario Sinatra. His grandson Antonino Martino Sinatra emigrated to the USA in 1903 with his family. One of the songs he sang to his son Frank Sinatra was a little number he called Sicilia, Sicilia. In translation this song went like this :-
- Start Spreading the News ,
- I've Seen It Today,
- I Want To Sing About ,
- Sicily , Sicily ..
- I Want To Sing About ,
- I've Seen It Today,
The lyrics were later changed to New York, New York but in origins, the song was originally inspired by the Two Sicilies.
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Well, actually some maps stated to include Second Sicily in 1854 but that maps were obsolete 6 years later


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